Canal Winchester's Martino places second (in the 400) in national meet

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Almost right up to the time it happened, Korbin Martino never planned on ending his freshman track and field season as the second-fastest ninth-grade 400-meter runner in the country.

The Canal Winchester High School standout finished 12th in 49.67 seconds in the Division I state meet June 1 at Ohio State, a mark that at the time had him ranked third in the nation among freshman 400 runners by MileSplit.com.

Martino’s family already had planned a vacation to Hilton Head, South Carolina, within the next few weeks -- a destination that just happened to be about 300 miles from where the New Balance Nationals Outdoor was being held June 15-17 at Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina.